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If you do find the ancestor's birth information in your family records, or other easily available sources, make sure to document where you found that information. Also, make sure to determine whether the birth information found is merely family heresay or if it came from original records. | If you do find the ancestor's birth information in your family records, or other easily available sources, make sure to document where you found that information. Also, make sure to determine whether the birth information found is merely family heresay or if it came from original records. | ||
== Step 2: What records can I search? == | == Step 2: What records can I search to find a birth date? == | ||
If you could not find birth information in Step 1, or if you need to verify the information you found, then the next step is understanding what records contain birth information. | If you could not find birth information in Step 1, or if you need to verify the information you found, then the next step is understanding what records contain birth information. | ||
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#[[Danish Military Levying Rolls (Lægdsruller)|<u>Military Levying Rolls</u>]]: Although military levying rolls do not usually list the birth date, they will at least give the individual's age. | #[[Danish Military Levying Rolls (Lægdsruller)|<u>Military Levying Rolls</u>]]: Although military levying rolls do not usually list the birth date, they will at least give the individual's age. | ||
#[[Denmark Probate Records|<u>Probates</u>]]: A variety of information can be found in probate records, and it is not always certain that you will always find the same information. However, a good majority of thime you will be able to find at least the age of the deceased, and the age of children they left behind. | #[[Denmark Probate Records|<u>Probates</u>]]: A variety of information can be found in probate records, and it is not always certain that you will always find the same information. However, a good majority of thime you will be able to find at least the age of the deceased, and the age of children they left behind. | ||
#[[Denmark Taxation|<u>Taxes</u>]]: Tax records are meant to record how much each individual/household owed in taxes; however, many times the tax records will list the age of each individual. | #[[Denmark Taxation|<u>Taxes</u>]]: Tax records are meant to record how much each individual/household owed in taxes; however, many times the tax records will list the age of each individual. | ||
#[[Denmark Occupations|<u>Occupational Records</u>]]: Like the probates and tax records, occupational records, such as guild records and citizenship records, vary in information and were not necesarrily meant to record vital information. However, it is possible to find a birth date or at least an age in the | #[[Denmark Occupations|<u>Occupational Records</u>]]: Like the probates and tax records, occupational records, such as guild records and citizenship records, vary in information and were not necesarrily meant to record vital information. However, it is possible to find a birth date or at least an age in the records.<br> | ||
== Step 3: What jurisdictions does the address belong to? == | == Step 3: What jurisdictions does the address belong to? == | ||